Episcopal priest Clare Fergusson attempts to prove her lover, police chief Russ Van Alstyne, innocent of the murder of his wife.

In the heart of the Adirondack Park, the Northeast's last great wilderness, Tyler Cunningham, a detective who struggles to understand the human condition, finds himself trapped and powerless in the face of shocking cruelty and violence when the closest thing Tyler has to a friend vanishes as a result of his actions.

Travis McGee investigates when a small cruiser owned by his friend, Meyer the Economist, is blown to bits with Meyer's niece and her new husband on board.

A boy is sent to live with his grandparents in Thurman after the mysterious death of his father.

Political figures, vacationing in the Adirondacks, fall victim to robbery and murder.